Tim Stead: Magician With Wood

In development

Feature Documentary

A rollercoaster story of how Maggy Stead fights to secure the future of the “A’ listed home her husband, wood sculptor and furniture designer Tim Stead, created in the Scottish Borders. The Steading is a work of art in itself. Tim also created some of the most popular public art in Scotland. The film explores Tim’s creative process with wood, the rebellious path he carved away from urban minimalism and conceptualism to work closely with nature, how he developed as a furniture maker, sculptor and environmentalist, how he started the community woodland movement and inspired a generation of people working in and with wood. As Maggy faces constant rejection to secure Tim’s legacy for the people of Scotland, can The Steading and Tim’s extensive sculpture collection be protected to inspire future generations?